Money-changing machine



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J. N. ALSOP. MONEY CHANGING MAGHIN Patented Au {NoMo delJ J N wheeze-Sheena.

Patented Aug". 12, 1890,

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MONEY-CHANGING MACHENF srncrmon'mon formingpart of Letters Patent No. 434,312, dated August 12, nice. Application filed February 11, 1890. Serial No= 340,064. (No model To all whom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, J AMES N. ALsoP, a citize'nof the'United States, and a resident of Gwensloorough, in the county ofDavicss and Stateof Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Money-Changing Machines; and I do declare the following to be and Figs 4- and-5-aredetail views of the" same. v

This invention has relation to money-changing boxes. designed more especially for the use of car-drivers andothers desiring to make change for dollars, half-dollars, quarter-dollars, and dimes with certainty and rapidity;

l and the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of devices, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention, the letter A designates the main portion or body of the box, and B the hinged back portion carrying the deposit chamber or receptacle 0, said back portion forming the backs of the coinways I) D I)" D', which are provided for the reception of five-cent pieces, quarter-dollars, and half-dollars. These ways are vertical and parallel,

and the stationary portions thereof, indicated at d, d, (1",andd are often at the back, in order that when the hinged back portion 13 is turned down the number of coins in each way can be estimated by inspection. These pore tions (1, d, d", and d' of these ways extend down to the ledge E, which is provided with circular openings 6, e, e", and c',below which is the slideway or fioorF, on which move the coin-moving slides G, G, G, and G. On this floor rest the columns of coins, as fol lows: two columns of nickels, one column of quarter-dollars, and one column of half-dollars in'th'e vertical ways above referred to.

H is a hinged check arm or stop, which is pivoted to .the framingqpr ledge E in rear of ing-suri'ace m of the coin-slidc G, the end of which engages the stop K when the slide is moved to prevent the discharge of a single nickel, stopping the movement of the slide before it has gone far enough for such discharge, thus preventing the actuation of the machine in the absence of the requisite munber of coins in the coinway. In this machine the first coin-slide is designed to deliver two niekels as change for a dime, the second coinslide to deliver three nickels, which, with the two nickels also delivered at the same time by ,shonldenconncctiou at L with the first le, makes change for a quarter-dollar. The third coin-slide, also having a shoulder ongaged at L with the second coin-slide, delivers a quarter-dollar, which, with the five nickels from the firstand second coinways makes change for a half-dollar. slide also engaging the third slide by shoulder or lugat L, is designed to deliver a halfdollar, which, with the quarter-dollar delivered by the third slide and the five nickels delivered by the second and first slides all at one time by a single movement of the key of the higher-value coin, makes change for one dollar. These slides are providedwith retracting springs, as at 'n, and their engagement is from left to right, so that any move ment of the slide or slides on the right will not affect the slide or slides on the left.

The coin-slide G, for the delivery of two nickels, is provided with a tongue g, which is of suiiicient thickness to remove two nickels from under the column of coins, and the cam Z of the chuck-arm "ii is of sufiicient The fourth coindepth to provide for the upward movement.

of the stop-shoulder end when the two nickels are moved under the cam, so that .the slide can be moved its full extenhrdischarging the two nichels. A. similar device is usually employed to effect a perfect delivery of three nickels from the next column. To prevent thecoin from tilting prematurely, rest-lugs '22 may be eznployedon the slides opposite the tongues g. Below the deliveryways of the floor F is the inclinedehute which causes the coins to slide downward and through the delivery-opening P of the box into the receiver R of the door K, this receiver being placed just below the changeslots S of said door and on the inside-thereof, the money-changing box being secured to the outside of the door by means of fastenings, usually a lug -t and a hasp T, which, engaging'a staple s, is firmly fastened bymcans of toe ofthe hammer-lever, said the being usually pivoted to facilitate the return of the slid toits normal position.

1 T e first slide G is usually provided with a lateral lug 2 near the side wall of the box, and just over the top surface 0,1. a small lock Z the bolt 2' of which, when operated by the 'key of said lock, is designed rto rise sufliciently to engage said lug z-to prevent any movement of this first slide. "As this slide is' in engagement with the next slide, which is inengagement with the 'nent,-it is apparent that the locking of the first slide locks all the rest and prevents any action of the changemaking devices until the bolt z is withdrawn. I

Each coin-slide is provided with a stem 9', which is rigidly secured thereto and projects through the front of the base, forming the key which is pushed to move the slide. In order to prevent these slides from being casually moved, as by a backward movement of the driver, :1. projecting guards M is attached to the case and extends outward therefrom sufliciently to act as a stop.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, v

1, In a money-changing machine, the coinslides having engagement-lugs projecting l at orally therefrom in the plane of said slides and operating from right to left only, as set forth, in combination with the vertical coinways, the slidcways, the stops, and the re trncting springs, substantially as specified.

; 2. In a money-changing machine, the combination, with the coin-slide, of the automatic st? having a shoulder near its extreme rear e d and a notch to engage the end of said slide to prevent the discharge of a single nickel, substantially as specified.

3. In a money-changing machine',.the combination,with the coin-slide, of an automatic stop having a cam device, whereby it maybe raised by the coins to be discharged, substantiallii as specified: I

' ie-In a; money-changing machine, the combination, with the coin-slides having lateral engaging lugs, of the lateral lock having a bolt adapted to engage one of said lu'gs when operated lied.

5. In a money-changing machine, the comby the key, substantially as specibination, with the-case having the hinged ing coin-slides having projecting key-stems,

and the lateral lock adapted to operate in connection with the last slideon the right, substantially as specified.

7. In a money-changing machiuc,thc combination of the first coinway on the right and its slide, adapted to discharge two nickels, the next coinway and its slide having a lateral lug engaging with the first slide and adapted to discharge three nickels, the next coinway, its slide having alateral lug engaging with the second slide and adapted to discharge a quarter-dollar, the next coinway, its slide having a lateral lug engaging with the third slide, and the stein-keys of these slides projecting therefrom through the front of the case, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.T. N. ALSOP. 

